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Look at me! – the antics of Pastor Jones

If we believe Neal Ferguson there was no tension building to the outbreak of The Great War. Apparently the bond prices tell us so and the rear view mirror is what fools us. The ‘Third

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Obama Tackles Mideast Peace, Get Real – by Rachel Marsden

“Today, the world celebrates the 10 year anniversary of Barack Obama bringing lasting peace in the Mideast.” Re-read that sentence. Have a peace-gasm. Then get back to whatever it is you were doing in the

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WOMEN – MESSING UP SINCE GETTING THE VOTE – Rachel Marsden

This week marks the 90th anniversary of women’s suffrage in America. This seems like a logical time to pat ourselves on the back for gracing the world with our presence and to ponder how far we’ve

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Canada’s Immigration Debate – Rachel Marsden

A ship carrying 492 Tamil refugees from Sri Lanka has docked on Canada’s West Coast, prompting Conservative Prime Minister, Stephen Harper, to reiterate: “We will not hesitate to strengthen the laws if we have to

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LOTUS EATERS AND MYRMIDONS – James Sale

A good friend of mine copied me in today on an email he had received that filled him with disgust. It was from a senior manager in the institution in which he worked – basically,

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MEL GIBSON RANTS: Their Publication Should Be Illegal – Rachel Marsden

Over the past few weeks, recordings of actor/director Mel Gibson breaking sound and sanity barriers in phone calls to his ex-girlfriend have leaked out online. Gibson and Oksana Grigorieva are fighting over custody of their

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TO BAN OR NOT TO BAN – THE BURQA?

Business & Politics author Rachel Marsden’s recent article addressed the attitude of the French towards the burqa. ‘If a western woman moved to Iran and decided to walk around in a bikini top all

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